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How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls
Recent Yale graduate Megan Smith comes to Manhattan with big plans for a career in journalism and even bigger student loan debt: $75,000. When she flails at her trashy tabloid job, she's given an escape hatch: tutor seventeen-year-old identical twins Rose and Sage Baker--yes, the infamous Baker heiresses of Palm Beach, Florida, best known for their massive fortunes and their penchant for drunkenly flashing the paparazzi -- and get their SAT scores up enough to get into Duke. Impossible job -- yes. But if she succeeds, her student debts are history. Unfortunately for Megan, the Baker twins aren't about to curtail their busy social schedules for basic algebra. And they certainly aren't thrilled to have to sit down for a study session with dowdy Megan. Megan quickly discovers that if she's going to get her money, she'll have to learn her Pucci from her Prada. And if she can look the part, maybe, just maybe, she can teach the girls something along the way.
293 pages, Paperback
First published July 3, 2007
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Zoey Dean
49Ìýbooks402ÌýfollowersThe author of The A-List series and How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which has been renamed and turned into a TV show known as Privileged on the CW in September 2008. Zoey Dean's books are produced by the media packager Alloy Entertainment, which created Gossip Girl, The Clique Series, and The A-List and sold them to Little, Brown and Company.
Zoey is currently working on The Talent series. She is also working on The A-List: Hollywood Royalty.
Zoey Dean divides her time between Beverly Hills, California, and her favorite small islands in the Caribbean.
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Zoey is currently working on The Talent series. She is also working on The A-List: Hollywood Royalty.
Zoey Dean divides her time between Beverly Hills, California, and her favorite small islands in the Caribbean.
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November 28, 2024
Slightly better than other similar products. The plot is quite average, but we have some interesting quotes and a bit of philosophy, both of those raising the general level.
One single question: how on Earth 99 percent of the protagonist ladies from "chicken-lit" start the story with a boyfriend and finish with a different one? Thank you for your (non) answering...
One single question: how on Earth 99 percent of the protagonist ladies from "chicken-lit" start the story with a boyfriend and finish with a different one? Thank you for your (non) answering...
August 6, 2007
okay, it could be that my brain is on overload from the heavy things i've been reading lately. or it could be that i'm feeling particularly sappy. whatever the reason is, i think this is one of my new favorite chicklit books EVER.
poor little megan smith, yale graduate, is up to her ears in debt. she's living in new york, she's got a boyfriend and a roommate and then her apartment goes up in smoke. literally.
so she ends up in palm beach with the odd job of getting two twin socialites, who make lindsay lohan look like a party-pooper, into duke. on their own. no buying their way in. (not entirely, anyway.)
it's classically cheesy and surprisingly has depth where you don't expect. i would say it's this season's , but that isn't quite the same thing. there isn't as much label/name dropping as seems to be necessary to qualify for nyc chicklit, and i have to say, it was kind of refreshing. it was just light and easy and most of all, FUN, and i finished it in a couple of hours. i'm happily impressed with dean's jump from ya-lit to chick-lit (though this really teeters on the borders of both). flirtinis and champagne all around.
poor little megan smith, yale graduate, is up to her ears in debt. she's living in new york, she's got a boyfriend and a roommate and then her apartment goes up in smoke. literally.
so she ends up in palm beach with the odd job of getting two twin socialites, who make lindsay lohan look like a party-pooper, into duke. on their own. no buying their way in. (not entirely, anyway.)
it's classically cheesy and surprisingly has depth where you don't expect. i would say it's this season's , but that isn't quite the same thing. there isn't as much label/name dropping as seems to be necessary to qualify for nyc chicklit, and i have to say, it was kind of refreshing. it was just light and easy and most of all, FUN, and i finished it in a couple of hours. i'm happily impressed with dean's jump from ya-lit to chick-lit (though this really teeters on the borders of both). flirtinis and champagne all around.
August 19, 2023
How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls wasn’t anything special but it was a fun, frothy read that I desperately needed this summer.
The plot: After losing her job at a celebrity magazine, Megan Smith gets the opportunity of a lifetime: tutoring make-up heiresses Sage and Rose Baker (think Paris and Nicky Hilton if they were twins.) If the girls get into Duke, then their grandmother pays off her student loans. But after Megan becomes the victim of a cruel prank, she decides to write an article exposing the elite of Palm Springs. But along the way, she learns that there may to these "poor little rich girls" than she originally thought.
My thoughts: As I said before, this was a great book to read in the summer. There were plenty of moments that made me both cringe and laugh out loud. I can see why it was made it was made into a tv show on The CW-the show was renamed Privileged and cancelled after one season)
Criticisms: The book is definitely a victim of the time period it was written.... I'll just leave it at that (*cough* stereotypes *cough*) Another criticism is that both of Megan's love interests suck! Like...they just straight up suck! Her boyfriend for the majority of the book, James, is addicted to mansplaining. He actually mansplains Stockholm Syndrome to her. And Will, the twins next door neighbor and the guy she's crushing on while she's dating James, is looking for someone who's "not like other (rich) girls" even though he's also incredibly rich but he's different...because he likes art and knows that he's privileged. He's different ok! *rolls eyes to the heavens* OH, ALSO WILL IS A GROWN ASS MAN WHO HANGS OUT WITH TEENAGERS?!? Megan's initial reaction is valid, she's like "A grown man partying with teenagers? That's gross" but I guess she gets over that pretty quickly because he's hot or whatever. I was waiting for her to ask him something like "Hey is this a 21 Jump Street situation or are you just a creep?" but she never does! And on top of that he kisses Megan’s sister! Also, their reunion at the end is incredibly abrupt which leads me to my final criticism: This book was a little too long. I think 200-230 pages would've sufficed.
The plot: After losing her job at a celebrity magazine, Megan Smith gets the opportunity of a lifetime: tutoring make-up heiresses Sage and Rose Baker (think Paris and Nicky Hilton if they were twins.) If the girls get into Duke, then their grandmother pays off her student loans. But after Megan becomes the victim of a cruel prank, she decides to write an article exposing the elite of Palm Springs. But along the way, she learns that there may to these "poor little rich girls" than she originally thought.
My thoughts: As I said before, this was a great book to read in the summer. There were plenty of moments that made me both cringe and laugh out loud. I can see why it was made it was made into a tv show on The CW-the show was renamed Privileged and cancelled after one season)
Criticisms: The book is definitely a victim of the time period it was written.... I'll just leave it at that (*cough* stereotypes *cough*) Another criticism is that both of Megan's love interests suck! Like...they just straight up suck! Her boyfriend for the majority of the book, James, is addicted to mansplaining. He actually mansplains Stockholm Syndrome to her. And Will, the twins next door neighbor and the guy she's crushing on while she's dating James, is looking for someone who's "not like other (rich) girls" even though he's also incredibly rich but he's different...because he likes art and knows that he's privileged. He's different ok! *rolls eyes to the heavens* OH, ALSO WILL IS A GROWN ASS MAN WHO HANGS OUT WITH TEENAGERS?!? Megan's initial reaction is valid, she's like "A grown man partying with teenagers? That's gross" but I guess she gets over that pretty quickly because he's hot or whatever. I was waiting for her to ask him something like "Hey is this a 21 Jump Street situation or are you just a creep?" but she never does! And on top of that he kisses Megan’s sister! Also, their reunion at the end is incredibly abrupt which leads me to my final criticism: This book was a little too long. I think 200-230 pages would've sufficed.
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April 19, 2008
The more I read chick lit, the more I realize how much I don't care for it. Sometimes it seems as though all the plots are the same, and all the narrators the same person. Of course, all that isn't the fault of this book. To be fair, it's a reasonably nice example of the genre. The characters are (for the most part) better fleshed out than your typical chick lit. The story line is fluffy, but it is at least somewhat believable. I liked the main character, and I appreciated that she seemed to grow during the course of the novel. The plot does read a bit like it came from a list of chick lit cliches (the "serious" journalist forced to work for a fluffy magazine for cash and experience... sound familiar?) It wasn't great literature, and there were some parts where I said "Oh come on" out loud, but it did have a sweet (if somewhat unbelievable) ending. Recommended to anyone looking for an easy read.
May 26, 2022
Have to agree with my initial thoughts here. For me, the writing still works, but my disgust with the excesses of the rich have grown exponentially since my last reading and there is one other point that bothered me this time:
First review
I had actually only gotten this book because of the TV show based on it, Privileged. And although the show had its problems, ultimately, I liked its short-lived run much better than the book. Mainly because it's what I like to call a humiliation conga book, which then turns into the poor person realizes horrible rich people who publicly embarrassed her are actually smart and sweet slash protagonist acts like a horrible person book.
This admittedly doesn't sound like I would've given it three stars, but it's the writing. It's so very descriptive, detailed. It's hard not to enjoy even when you don't know what brand designers are being talked about, because, like the protagonist at the beginning of the book, you don't know or care about those sorts of things.
The problems come mostly from execution, in my opinion. The TV show gave our protagonist a more soap opera like family life and ties to Palm Beach, but at least those family issues set up the idea that she, the twins, and their grandmother could create their own family. The book barely gives us any developmental interactions between Megan and the twins, skipping weeks at a time, so their sweetness and attachment seems to come from nowhere. Similarly, the romantic plot left me feeling cold. I did not believe that Will and Megan fell for each other after their few interactions, I did not understand Will's quite random changes in deciding whether or not he was angry with her, and furthermore, the amount of anger he showed at seeing a girl he'd known for only about a month sitting in a café with a man she could've very well just bumped into left me annoyed. I also felt, much like in the show, that the romantic plot only distracted from the focus on the relationship between the twins and Megan.
Obviously, this kind of plot just isn't for me, but I didn't feel it was entirely fair to rate an otherwise well written book based on my distaste with the extravagance of the rich and the corruption of the poor storyline.
First review
I had actually only gotten this book because of the TV show based on it, Privileged. And although the show had its problems, ultimately, I liked its short-lived run much better than the book. Mainly because it's what I like to call a humiliation conga book, which then turns into the poor person realizes horrible rich people who publicly embarrassed her are actually smart and sweet slash protagonist acts like a horrible person book.
This admittedly doesn't sound like I would've given it three stars, but it's the writing. It's so very descriptive, detailed. It's hard not to enjoy even when you don't know what brand designers are being talked about, because, like the protagonist at the beginning of the book, you don't know or care about those sorts of things.
The problems come mostly from execution, in my opinion. The TV show gave our protagonist a more soap opera like family life and ties to Palm Beach, but at least those family issues set up the idea that she, the twins, and their grandmother could create their own family. The book barely gives us any developmental interactions between Megan and the twins, skipping weeks at a time, so their sweetness and attachment seems to come from nowhere. Similarly, the romantic plot left me feeling cold. I did not believe that Will and Megan fell for each other after their few interactions, I did not understand Will's quite random changes in deciding whether or not he was angry with her, and furthermore, the amount of anger he showed at seeing a girl he'd known for only about a month sitting in a café with a man she could've very well just bumped into left me annoyed. I also felt, much like in the show, that the romantic plot only distracted from the focus on the relationship between the twins and Megan.
Obviously, this kind of plot just isn't for me, but I didn't feel it was entirely fair to rate an otherwise well written book based on my distaste with the extravagance of the rich and the corruption of the poor storyline.
October 14, 2007
I read this book because it was on my TBR list (I forgot how I found out about it), and I was craving some chick lit.
I thought the storyline was great, but the time frame wasn't long enough. Megan realistically wouldn't have been able to go through that many changes in just nine weeks. Parts of it didn't feel very realistic.
The author made a lot of references to pop culture, things that celebrities had done in the last year or two. Although I enjoyed them, I don't think they'll hold the same meaning over time.
I thought the storyline was great, but the time frame wasn't long enough. Megan realistically wouldn't have been able to go through that many changes in just nine weeks. Parts of it didn't feel very realistic.
The author made a lot of references to pop culture, things that celebrities had done in the last year or two. Although I enjoyed them, I don't think they'll hold the same meaning over time.
March 31, 2017
Before reading this book, I had just read two books that were both very serious and dealt with heavy subject matters which had left me feeling a bit drained. After finishing those books I needed something light and fluffy and perk me back up a bit and as I was a fan of the show that was based on this book, I figured it would be a safe bet. I was definitely right. This was the book equivalent of candy floss. It was light, fluffy, colourful, sweet, and fun, with little substance.
I will admit that I definitely preferred the show. The show, I believe (if memory serves, it's been a while since I watched it), had a slightly longer timeline which made a lot more sense. The short timeline was part of this books downfall as it was just too unrealistic. The twins and Megan went through these huge, miraculous changes in the space of two months? I can suspend my disbelief but it still felt like an absurdly short time to allow yourself to have in the story. The characters were actually a lot more fleshed out in the show than in the book and that's something I'm not sure I've ever actually seen before, usually it's the other way around. Megan was less likeable in the book, which may have been because we saw her thoughts and therefore saw just how judgemental she was of everyone around her. She gets upset and annoyed at how much the twins judge her but she judges them before she's even met them and then continues to judge them as much as they judge her. The twins weren't actually too bad. Apart from one mean prank on her first night with them, they never really felt quite mean enough to warrant everything she said about them and the article that she was initially going to write about them. The twins were also a lot more likeable in the series, though. In the book, the twins' changes and character development was also way too rushed due largely to the short time period that was given to the characters. I just don't understand why the author didn't make the amount of time longer. She wrote the book, the time period was under her control, why not make it a few more months to allow yourself to progress them more naturally?
I had a couple of other gripes, I didn't like the way Marcus was used as a gay ex machina and I also didn't like the fact that there were a quite a few slut shaming digs towards Sage. I didn't like Megan's original boyfriend, as we were clearly supposed to, but I also didn't particularly take to Will either so hey ho. The book was very predictable and the fact I've seen the show wasn't a factor in this at all. The show was very different so the stories, besides the basic premise of poor girl goes to tutor rich twins, are nothing alike. Yet I still knew where it was going from the start.
However, despite all the things I didn't like about it. The book did exactly what I wanted it to do. Mindlessly entertain me. I was definitely entertained and I actually did have a lot of fun reading it. I guess I've always been a bit of a sucker for rich teen dramas, as my guilty pleasures always seem to prove to me (yes, I'm looking directly at you, Gossip Girl).
I will admit that I definitely preferred the show. The show, I believe (if memory serves, it's been a while since I watched it), had a slightly longer timeline which made a lot more sense. The short timeline was part of this books downfall as it was just too unrealistic. The twins and Megan went through these huge, miraculous changes in the space of two months? I can suspend my disbelief but it still felt like an absurdly short time to allow yourself to have in the story. The characters were actually a lot more fleshed out in the show than in the book and that's something I'm not sure I've ever actually seen before, usually it's the other way around. Megan was less likeable in the book, which may have been because we saw her thoughts and therefore saw just how judgemental she was of everyone around her. She gets upset and annoyed at how much the twins judge her but she judges them before she's even met them and then continues to judge them as much as they judge her. The twins weren't actually too bad. Apart from one mean prank on her first night with them, they never really felt quite mean enough to warrant everything she said about them and the article that she was initially going to write about them. The twins were also a lot more likeable in the series, though. In the book, the twins' changes and character development was also way too rushed due largely to the short time period that was given to the characters. I just don't understand why the author didn't make the amount of time longer. She wrote the book, the time period was under her control, why not make it a few more months to allow yourself to progress them more naturally?
I had a couple of other gripes, I didn't like the way Marcus was used as a gay ex machina and I also didn't like the fact that there were a quite a few slut shaming digs towards Sage. I didn't like Megan's original boyfriend, as we were clearly supposed to, but I also didn't particularly take to Will either so hey ho. The book was very predictable and the fact I've seen the show wasn't a factor in this at all. The show was very different so the stories, besides the basic premise of poor girl goes to tutor rich twins, are nothing alike. Yet I still knew where it was going from the start.
However, despite all the things I didn't like about it. The book did exactly what I wanted it to do. Mindlessly entertain me. I was definitely entertained and I actually did have a lot of fun reading it. I guess I've always been a bit of a sucker for rich teen dramas, as my guilty pleasures always seem to prove to me (yes, I'm looking directly at you, Gossip Girl).
December 7, 2019
Trebuie sa ajungi până aproape de final pentru a-ti da seama ca este o carte bună. Mi-a plăcut mult!
December 12, 2018
"Dean's book is the inspiration for the CW show 'Privileged' has the unfortunate case of unsympathetic characterization (especially when concerning Yale tutor Megan Smith). While the CW show was given a season to flesh out characters (and portrayed Megan as more earnest and well natured from the beginning), the novel suffers from shallow people doing shallow acts."
The ending is rushed in order to redeem key characters (namely Megan and the over-privileged Baker twins). Overall, the book was scandalous and fun, but it was difficult to find a character to 'root' for. The protagonist, Megan Smith, was overly flawed to the point that there wasn't a great deal to relate to, and there was no twinge of pain when she was prepared to get her comeuppance for her duplicitous acts. The twins do not far much better, with Sage Baker being the worst of the archetypal 'mean girl' with very little redeeming qualities (save for the supposed love of her twin sister Rose).
This book is a one-and-done deal, and if I feel nostalgic, I'd rather watch the CW 'Privilege' than re-read Dean's novel of the rich and famous.
The ending is rushed in order to redeem key characters (namely Megan and the over-privileged Baker twins). Overall, the book was scandalous and fun, but it was difficult to find a character to 'root' for. The protagonist, Megan Smith, was overly flawed to the point that there wasn't a great deal to relate to, and there was no twinge of pain when she was prepared to get her comeuppance for her duplicitous acts. The twins do not far much better, with Sage Baker being the worst of the archetypal 'mean girl' with very little redeeming qualities (save for the supposed love of her twin sister Rose).
This book is a one-and-done deal, and if I feel nostalgic, I'd rather watch the CW 'Privilege' than re-read Dean's novel of the rich and famous.
May 22, 2019
Megan Smith graduated from Yale with a prestigious journalism degree, but the only job she can find in New York City is with the gossip magazine Scoop. But Megan can't seem to get the hang of tabloid-style journalism, so her boss fires her.
Fortunately for Megan, her boss is friends with the owner of a cosmetics company who has been raising her twin granddaughters. Megan is offered the position of tutoring the seventeen-year-old fireballs, Sage and Rose Baker, in Palm Beach, Florida. In exchange for the girls receiving decent grades in school, a decent score on the SATs, and getting into Duke, Megan will receive a salary and at the end, her $75,000 college debt will be paid off. How hard could it be?
Well, Megan soon figures out that her task is near impossible. The girls are set to inherit millions of dollars and have no interest in college or studying. They find Megan unstylish, unsophisticated, and unworthy of their attention. Megan discovers that in order to accomplish her goal, she has to take some lessons of her own from Sage and Rose first.
How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls is an enjoyable book. Those who like Dean's A-List series, but want to move along to a book that has more adult themes, will devour this new offering. It's total fun to be immersed in the world of the rich and famous, and doing it through the eyes of normal Megan will make readers even more a part of the story.
At the beginning, Rose and Sage are merciless with Megan. They change their ways a little too quickly to be believable, but it doesn't really detract from the story. For a summer beach-type read, How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls fits the bill and then some. Parties with the rich, shopping, and romance on the beach make for a deliciously fluffy read.
Fortunately for Megan, her boss is friends with the owner of a cosmetics company who has been raising her twin granddaughters. Megan is offered the position of tutoring the seventeen-year-old fireballs, Sage and Rose Baker, in Palm Beach, Florida. In exchange for the girls receiving decent grades in school, a decent score on the SATs, and getting into Duke, Megan will receive a salary and at the end, her $75,000 college debt will be paid off. How hard could it be?
Well, Megan soon figures out that her task is near impossible. The girls are set to inherit millions of dollars and have no interest in college or studying. They find Megan unstylish, unsophisticated, and unworthy of their attention. Megan discovers that in order to accomplish her goal, she has to take some lessons of her own from Sage and Rose first.
How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls is an enjoyable book. Those who like Dean's A-List series, but want to move along to a book that has more adult themes, will devour this new offering. It's total fun to be immersed in the world of the rich and famous, and doing it through the eyes of normal Megan will make readers even more a part of the story.
At the beginning, Rose and Sage are merciless with Megan. They change their ways a little too quickly to be believable, but it doesn't really detract from the story. For a summer beach-type read, How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls fits the bill and then some. Parties with the rich, shopping, and romance on the beach make for a deliciously fluffy read.
December 30, 2007
This book is a guilty pleasure, like reading celebrity tell-alls at the nail salon or watching people's escapades on reality tv shows. But when life gets heavy, its good to sometimes get away with a fluffy, silly book (ahh, calgon, take me awwaaayy!). First the bad news: this book treads in the well-worn footsteps of many many previous chick-lit books. The book's premise -- plucky heroine (P.H.) who's down on her luck is employed by the mega-rich evil dead, P.H. experiences travails and humiliations at the hands of the MegaRICH while providing us lucky readers with a supposed insider's glimpse into the life of the rich and fabulous, P.H. overcomes challenges because of her pluck, finds love, overcomes prejudices, learns about herself and lives happily ever after THE END -- has been done before. Now the good news: unlike other books in this genre, this book and its heroine aren't (too) annoying. The writing flows easily and its a very quick read. The heroine and the other characters are well wrought (although there are some stereotypes, you'll see what i mean) as flawed human beings with selfish intentions. If you are looking for a treatise on the meaning of life, this is not the book for you. But its a good book for some light reading, maybe on the beach in the summer or on the couch before a roaring fire on a cold cold day.
October 25, 2007
Okay, so I've liked some chick-lit in the past, what can I say? But maybe I am growing out of this phase because i just thought this book was nothing special--same old story: girl is a journalist, has a boyfriend, lives in NYC, something bad happens-she's thrown into a crazy predicament (oh no!), she's attracted to another guy besides her boyfriend (what to do?!), but in the end everything turns out okay, she gets the right guy, all her debts are paid off or she's got the dream job/life, etc.--all with detailed descriptions of clothes worn, parties attended, drinks drunk. and don't forget the quirky best friend!
In case you can't tell, I am so over chick lit!
In case you can't tell, I am so over chick lit!
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July 8, 2018
Fun book! I loved the main character. Lots of laughs.
June 28, 2022
Different from the show in Many aspects but same heartwarming characters and heart of the story. Cute and readable.
July 15, 2018
Fluffy AF, but there are times that the brain just needs fluff and candy instead of scintillating intellectualism.
This was probably one of the better chick lit books that I've read over the past few years. The protagonist was flawed but not so deeply that it felt like satire. There were painful moments but none of the excessively cringe-worthy moments that have made me want to throw other chick lit books across the room out of embarrassment. The plot was fluffy but it was honestly fairly refreshing in its own way. There was a love triangle, which I didn't really love, but the characters (throughout the book) were fleshed out enough that the love triangle wasn't as blase as it could've been. And there were plenty of moments throughout the book that I found myself cheering on all involved parties, instead of just hoping for the best for the protagonist/her current love interest (which is how I have felt while reading other books).
Basically - if you like chick lit, then read this book. If you don't like chick lit then you most likely won't enjoy this one bit. I'd also recommend this book for someone who wants to read chick lit but hasn't ever delved into the genre; this would be a good starting point I think.
I'm definitely going to be looking for other books by Zoey Dean to fulfill the craving I have for chick lit from time to time. Thumbs up, Ms. Dean, for an entertaining and fun novel.
This was probably one of the better chick lit books that I've read over the past few years. The protagonist was flawed but not so deeply that it felt like satire. There were painful moments but none of the excessively cringe-worthy moments that have made me want to throw other chick lit books across the room out of embarrassment. The plot was fluffy but it was honestly fairly refreshing in its own way. There was a love triangle, which I didn't really love, but the characters (throughout the book) were fleshed out enough that the love triangle wasn't as blase as it could've been. And there were plenty of moments throughout the book that I found myself cheering on all involved parties, instead of just hoping for the best for the protagonist/her current love interest (which is how I have felt while reading other books).
Basically - if you like chick lit, then read this book. If you don't like chick lit then you most likely won't enjoy this one bit. I'd also recommend this book for someone who wants to read chick lit but hasn't ever delved into the genre; this would be a good starting point I think.
I'm definitely going to be looking for other books by Zoey Dean to fulfill the craving I have for chick lit from time to time. Thumbs up, Ms. Dean, for an entertaining and fun novel.
March 8, 2009
After reading a number of much more serious books, this light frothy novel called to me from the shelves of the library. I'm not crazy about the term "chick lit," because it's too broadly applied to a lot of books by women...but if the book has a rags to riches story, including fashion, a plainish woman who suddenly becomes gorgeous and meets the man of her dreams, and gets the job of her dreams at the end...you've got chick lit. The career is usually journalism or marketing.
A supposedly brilliant Yale grad with $75K in loans is shocked to learn that she's not able to get a fantastic job in the NY publishing world right off the bat. When her life goes sour she gets a job offer to tutor two spoiled brat rich girls in Palm Beach, FL, for 2 months. If she's able to coach them into passing the SAT, she will have her college debts paid off.
By the end of the novel I was frankly tired of the designer name dropping, and the idea that she was "gorgeous," but all she needed were a great haircut, expensive makeup, and designer clothing to make it so.
I felt like I had just gorged on a big bag of potato chips...having eaten junk but not feeling filled up. I guess I need to read a two-star book every once in awhile to appreciate the really good ones!!
A supposedly brilliant Yale grad with $75K in loans is shocked to learn that she's not able to get a fantastic job in the NY publishing world right off the bat. When her life goes sour she gets a job offer to tutor two spoiled brat rich girls in Palm Beach, FL, for 2 months. If she's able to coach them into passing the SAT, she will have her college debts paid off.
By the end of the novel I was frankly tired of the designer name dropping, and the idea that she was "gorgeous," but all she needed were a great haircut, expensive makeup, and designer clothing to make it so.
I felt like I had just gorged on a big bag of potato chips...having eaten junk but not feeling filled up. I guess I need to read a two-star book every once in awhile to appreciate the really good ones!!
August 4, 2013
If you ask me how to teach a filthy rich girls, i'll come up with an idea: isolate them in a jail cell and let them have a bitter taste of life. But Zoey Dean had another idea in mind;
Or rather... another cliche. Yes cliche about a girl who's life turning upside down when she had offered to teach the most bimbotic twins in the world how to pass their SAT test in order to get their trustfunds back. She turned into the likes of the twins, met another amazing boy and fell in love, forgetting her love-life was waiting back in new york...then BAM!!! things come crashing down then she started to pick up her old self, go on a journey of making things right and the end.
I was like what???
Ok lah this is chic-lit and i should really stop reading books where everybody dies in the end and there were bloods and corpses everywhere but It's waaaaayyyy too predictable and the story fell flat in my head. It had a chunk of big cliches and loopholes and I don't know, I feel like it's a good summer-reads but nothing remarkable here.
I guess this is just not my kind of book.
Or rather... another cliche. Yes cliche about a girl who's life turning upside down when she had offered to teach the most bimbotic twins in the world how to pass their SAT test in order to get their trustfunds back. She turned into the likes of the twins, met another amazing boy and fell in love, forgetting her love-life was waiting back in new york...then BAM!!! things come crashing down then she started to pick up her old self, go on a journey of making things right and the end.
I was like what???
Ok lah this is chic-lit and i should really stop reading books where everybody dies in the end and there were bloods and corpses everywhere but It's waaaaayyyy too predictable and the story fell flat in my head. It had a chunk of big cliches and loopholes and I don't know, I feel like it's a good summer-reads but nothing remarkable here.
I guess this is just not my kind of book.
September 12, 2009
I first started watching the TV show and then thought I would try out the book. I love the TV show, which I think made me really like the book. The book and TV show is about a college graduate, Megan, that just can seem to get the perfect job yet, so she ends up tutoring two twins that live in palm beach, and they are in fact very rich. The twins absolutely hate their new tutor but as Megan begins to work with them they start to build a good relationship. The TV show was amazing and I can't believe the CW cancelled it. I am so sad.
December 17, 2008
O.K. I changed my mind. That was the corniest book I had ever read in my 15 almost 16 years of life. By the end, I was seriously gagging. I was shocked. In the beginning it seems fine...and then it get's ridiculous. And lastly, what I found the most disappointing was the fact that it was nothing like the show, and the show is really great. So sad.
March 26, 2009
I'm not sure what I thought of this. I was thinking it was ok until I realized how many things were there that I don't like in books: bad language, sex (mostly just in the beginning), the main character pretending to be someone she isn't and lying. I did like how she owned up to things in the end and even matured a bit.
July 15, 2013
I really liked this book. I have never read this author but picked up the book based on the cover (I know). I read it in 2 days, it was cute, made me laugh and I really wanted to see how it ended. I just picked up my second novel of this author, then I will start on the A-list series.
October 5, 2007
Cute read; finished the book in about 2 days.
January 25, 2009
This just reminded me why I cant stand chick lit. I thought this would be an easy read for the gym......its an easy read and just awful.
January 9, 2012
Stereotypical, but good.
October 25, 2022
This is a bit of silly fun and wish fulfilment. Situations and characters are checked off a box. And that's okay!
November 27, 2018
While this book was often predictable, it did have some twists I wasn’t expecting. It’s an easy read (a book that has no real depth), but I am a sucker for a happy ending!
August 6, 2023
Quando eu comprei este livro no sebo ao lado da minha antiga academia por 10 reais, eu não esperava curtir a história - nem odiar, para falar a verdade -. Achei que seria um livro mediano, que logo eu esqueceria, mas cumpriria o objetivo de me distrair.
Eu só queria comprar um livro barato naquele dia após malhar na academia e este foi o escolhido.
Bertrand Brasil é um selo da Record que consumi muito na adolescência porque a editora publicava por ele chick-lits e é um gênero que gosto e leio muito. Mas Record tem seu nome no mercado e essa capa... o tamanho do livro... Acho que a editora comprou os direitos de publicação porque estava com dinheiro sobrando e investiu o valor de um pastel na produção gráfica.
Então, com a apresentação tosca, a sinopse fútil, eu não esperava muito do livro. Mas ele entregou entretenimento e a distração que eu queria. Realmente ficava chateada quando precisava pausar a leitura. Estava tão divertido!
O livro não promete nada, não é um achado da literatura, mas vale a pena conferir igual filmes desconhecidos da Sessão da Tarde (isso ainda existe na Globo?).
Ele foi escrito em 2010 e ainda pega aqueles conceitos horrÃveis da ditadura da magreza dos anos 2000, mas nenhum comentário é de arrepiar como eu tinha medo.
E sobre outras pautas, é, ele não envelheceu mal, não.
Embora as referências pops estejam ultrapassadas, mas como foi os rumores, fofocas e babados que eu peguei quando jovem, entendi tudo e reconheci cada artista citado.
Megan é de longe a melhor personagem. Nem me atrevo a dizer que ela evoluiu porque ela nunca precisou disso. A mulher era sensata até quando vacilava, mentia e enganava - sinceramente, ela estava naquela situação em que o que fazia não era muito moral e ético, mas não estava de todo errada. Não defendo, mas não julgo.
Muito bom encontrar livros que afirmam que a protagonista é inteligente e durante a leitura você percebe que ela realmente é inteligente.
Cheguei a conferir uns episódios da série que surgiu deste livro e confirmo que a história daqui é muito melhor.
Repito: não esperava nada, sequer gostar. Mas achei que seria uma leitura leve, boba, chick lit com romance e humor e tudo isso encontrei aqui (ainda que, na minha opinião, Megan trocou um namorado sem sal e indiferente por outro mala)
Achei os diálogos e a personalidade de Megan muito cativantes
Eu só queria comprar um livro barato naquele dia após malhar na academia e este foi o escolhido.
Bertrand Brasil é um selo da Record que consumi muito na adolescência porque a editora publicava por ele chick-lits e é um gênero que gosto e leio muito. Mas Record tem seu nome no mercado e essa capa... o tamanho do livro... Acho que a editora comprou os direitos de publicação porque estava com dinheiro sobrando e investiu o valor de um pastel na produção gráfica.
Então, com a apresentação tosca, a sinopse fútil, eu não esperava muito do livro. Mas ele entregou entretenimento e a distração que eu queria. Realmente ficava chateada quando precisava pausar a leitura. Estava tão divertido!
O livro não promete nada, não é um achado da literatura, mas vale a pena conferir igual filmes desconhecidos da Sessão da Tarde (isso ainda existe na Globo?).
Ele foi escrito em 2010 e ainda pega aqueles conceitos horrÃveis da ditadura da magreza dos anos 2000, mas nenhum comentário é de arrepiar como eu tinha medo.
E sobre outras pautas, é, ele não envelheceu mal, não.
Embora as referências pops estejam ultrapassadas, mas como foi os rumores, fofocas e babados que eu peguei quando jovem, entendi tudo e reconheci cada artista citado.
Megan é de longe a melhor personagem. Nem me atrevo a dizer que ela evoluiu porque ela nunca precisou disso. A mulher era sensata até quando vacilava, mentia e enganava - sinceramente, ela estava naquela situação em que o que fazia não era muito moral e ético, mas não estava de todo errada. Não defendo, mas não julgo.
Muito bom encontrar livros que afirmam que a protagonista é inteligente e durante a leitura você percebe que ela realmente é inteligente.
Cheguei a conferir uns episódios da série que surgiu deste livro e confirmo que a história daqui é muito melhor.
Repito: não esperava nada, sequer gostar. Mas achei que seria uma leitura leve, boba, chick lit com romance e humor e tudo isso encontrei aqui (ainda que, na minha opinião, Megan trocou um namorado sem sal e indiferente por outro mala)
Achei os diálogos e a personalidade de Megan muito cativantes
March 31, 2019
A fun fluff book with interesting characters and a well deserved end. Megan's foray into the world of the uber rich elite wasn't the typical overly rich snob story. Sure, Sage and Rose certainly came off as such in the beginning, but as their true characters were discovered, you couldn't help but like them as well. I respect that the twins never became someone they weren't - they didn't become smart overnight, they didn't suddenly embrace studies that they always hated before, they didn't sell themselves out (though technically Sage tried...). Instead they, and Megan, worked hard for their personal growth, which made the final outcome so much more satisfying.
August 15, 2019
This is a book for older teens and 20-somethings. I found it on my daughter’s shelf.
A recent Yale graduate with $75,000 in loans is having trouble finding a decent job. She works at a trash tabloid writing, well trash. Then she gets an offer she can’t refuse- a job tutoring 2 spoiled brat teen-agers. All she has to do is get them to score an SAT score that will get them in Duke.
An impossible task!
Great literature it’s not. Raunchy it is. But it is funny, entertaining and heartwarming. One of those you can’t judge a book by its cover stories. Like Mary Kay Andrews for 16-25 year olds.
A recent Yale graduate with $75,000 in loans is having trouble finding a decent job. She works at a trash tabloid writing, well trash. Then she gets an offer she can’t refuse- a job tutoring 2 spoiled brat teen-agers. All she has to do is get them to score an SAT score that will get them in Duke.
An impossible task!
Great literature it’s not. Raunchy it is. But it is funny, entertaining and heartwarming. One of those you can’t judge a book by its cover stories. Like Mary Kay Andrews for 16-25 year olds.
February 24, 2022
It's actually ridiculous how long this book was on my TBR list for! I'd literally wanted to read it ever since the series Privileged came out! The girls are so so so spoiled, but they did come around (although it's a bit unrealistic how quickly it was)! In all honesty, I didn't like the way Megan lied so much, but I get why she felt she had to. I do think that the TV series is superior, but I'd really love a sequel of this book, to find out what happens to Megan, as well as Rose and Sage - how does Rose get on in college? Does Sage end up joining her? Does Megan keep in touch with the girls?
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